Leptopelis aubryi ( Duméril 1856 )

Jongsma, Gregory F. M., Tobi, Elie, Dixon-MacCallum, Graham P., Bamba-Kaya, Abraham, Yoga, Jean-Aimé, Mbega, Jean-Daniel, Beh, Jean-Hervé Mve, Emrich, Andrea M., Blackburn Abstract. - We, David C., This, Gabon. & Park, Batéké Plateau National, 2017, Amphibians of Haut-Ogooué Province, southeastern Gabon, Amphibian & Reptile Conservation (e 144) 11 (1), pp. 1-23 : 6

Leptopelis aubryi ( Duméril 1856)

Material: Six (6) specimens. Doumaye: CAS 258202 , 258260–61 ; GFMJ 1470–71 , 1473 . Fig. 4F .

Comments: Leptopelis aubryi was originally collected by Charles Eugène Aubry-Lecomte in the early 1850s and is among the first amphibians ever collected in Gabon ( Duméril 1856). We encountered all individuals in tall grass in ditches and around well pumps in Doumaye. It is a disturbance specialist. In the Plaine Ouanga Reserve in the Gamba Complex of Protected Areas (GCPA) in the Ogooué-Maritime province, one of us (E. Tobi) regularly finds this species on the branches of trees at the edge of forest and in the forest. It is widespread across Central Africa, North of the Congo River. Within Gabon voucher specimens are known from the following national parks: Crystal Mountains NP ( Lötters et al. 2001), Ivindo NP ( Frétey and Blanc 2000), Loango NP ( Burger et al. 2006), Lopé NP ( Frétey and Blanc 2001), and Moukalaba-Doudou ( Burger et al. 2004).

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Fig. 4. Arthroleptis cf. poecilonotus CAS 258166 (A), A. sylvaticus CAS 258184 (B), Astylosternus batesi CAS 258139, GFMJ 1240 (C, D), Cardioglossa gracilis CAS 258016 (E), Leptopelis aubryi 258261 (F), L. aubryioides CAS 258234 (G, H).